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Directed by
Melville Shavelson 
 
Writing credits
Jack Rose (screenplay) and
Melville Shavelson (screenplay)

Robert Smith (story)

Cast (in credits order) complete, awaiting verification

Danny Kaye ... 'Red' Nichols

Barbara Bel Geddes ... Willa Stutsman

Louis Armstrong ... Louis Armstrong

Harry Guardino ... Tony Valani
Bob Crosby ... Wil Paradise

Bobby Troup ... Artie Schutt
Susan Gordon ... Dorothy Nichols - Ages 6 to 8

Tuesday Weld ... Dorothy Nichols - Age 13
Ray Anthony ... Jimmy Dorsey

Shelly Manne ... Dave Tough
Ray Daley ... Glenn Miller
Valerie Allen ... Tommye Eden
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Eric Alden ... Musician (uncredited)
Babette Bain ... Rehabilitation Patient (uncredited)
Bill Baldwin ... Announcer (uncredited)
Sheryn Banks ... Girl at Birthday Party (uncredited)
Earl Barton ... Choreographer (uncredited)
Henry Beau ... (uncredited)
Francesca Bellini ... (uncredited)
John Benson ... Musician (uncredited)
Alexander Campbell ... Doctor (uncredited)
Cindy Carol ... Girl at Birthday Party (uncredited)
Ira Cook ... Announcer (uncredited)
Evelyn Cotton ... Nurse (uncredited)
Gabriel Curtiz ... Lou - Maitre d' (uncredited)
Paul Francis DeRolf ... Boy at Birthday Party (uncredited)
Lynn Fields ... Girl at Birthday Party (uncredited)

Ned Glass ... Murray (uncredited)
Don Gray ... Waiter (uncredited)
Norman Lee Harris ... Boy at Birthday Party (uncredited)
Len Hendry ... Producer (uncredited)
Charles Herbert ... Patient (uncredited)

Bob Hope ... Himself - Leaving Brown Derby Restaurant (uncredited)
June Jocelyn ... Nurse (uncredited)
Dennis Kerlee ... Boy at Birthday Party (uncredited)
Hugh Lawrence ... Producer (uncredited)
Mike Mahoney ... Musician (uncredited)
Sidney Marion ... Ship Worker (uncredited)
Joe McTurk ... Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Toby Michaels ... Girl at Birthday Party (uncredited)
Dick Nelson ... Producer (uncredited)
Red Nichols ... Clicquot Club Eskimo (uncredited)
Alan Paige ... Musician (uncredited)
Yvonne Peattie ... Nurse (uncredited)
Jack Pepper ... Ship Worker (uncredited)
Peter Potter ... Announcer (uncredited)
Frank Radcliffe ... Speciality Dancer (uncredited)
William Remick ... Doctor (uncredited)
Duncan Richardson ... Boy at Birthday Party (uncredited)
Susan Seaforth Hayes ... Girl at Birthday Party (uncredited)
Richard Shavelson ... Boy at Birthday Party (uncredited)
Paul Sullivan ... Richard Wilson (uncredited)
Blanche Sweet ... Headmistress of School (uncredited)
Terry Terrill ... Musician (uncredited)
Lizanne Truex ... Blonde Charleston Dancer (uncredited)
Tito Vuolo ... Barber (uncredited)
June White ... Teacher (uncredited)
Dick Whittinghill ... Announcer (uncredited)
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Produced by
Jack Rose .... producer
 
Original Music by
Leith Stevens (music scored by)
 
Cinematography by
Daniel L. Fapp (director of photography)
 
Film Editing by
Frank P. Keller (edited by)
 
Casting by
Bert McKay (uncredited)
 
Art Direction by
Tambi Larsen 
Hal Pereira 
 
Set Decoration by
Sam Comer 
Grace Gregory 
 
Costume Design by
Edith Head (costumes)
 
Makeup Department
Nellie Manley .... hair style supervisor
Wally Westmore .... makeup supervisor
Bud Bashaw Jr. .... makeup artist (uncredited)
Kay Shay .... hairdresser (uncredited)
 
Production Management
Frank Caffey .... production manager
Edgar Fay .... unit manager: New York (uncredited)
Curtis Mick .... assistant production manager (uncredited)
Charles Woolstenhulme .... unit production manager (uncredited)
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Richard Caffey .... assistant director
Ralph Axness .... second assistant director (uncredited)
Dale Coleman .... second assistant director (uncredited)
Harry F. Hogan .... second assistant director (uncredited)
 
Art Department
Loyd Bradley .... props (uncredited)
Morey Goodman .... leadman (uncredited)
Gene Lauritzen .... construction coordinator (uncredited)
Earl Olin .... props (uncredited)
Don Stalker .... stand-by painter (uncredited)
 
Sound Department
Charles Grenzbach .... sound recordist
John Wilkinson .... sound recordist
Howard Beals .... sound editor (uncredited)
A.D. Cook .... sound cableman (uncredited)
Bud Fehlman .... sound recordist (uncredited)
Rocky Nelson .... sound boom man (uncredited)
 
Visual Effects by
Farciot Edouart .... process photography
John P. Fulton .... special photographic effects
 
Camera and Electrical Department
W. Wallace Kelley .... photography: second unit
James Grant .... assistant camera (uncredited)
Julian Hilson .... assistant camera (uncredited)
James Knott .... camera operator (uncredited)
Loren Nutten .... best boy (uncredited)
Glen E. Richardson .... stills (uncredited)
Irmin Roberts .... photography: second unit (uncredited)
Herb Welts .... company grip (uncredited)
Stanley Williams .... gaffer (uncredited)
 
Casting Department
Bill Greenwald .... casting (uncredited)
Olive Long .... casting secretary (uncredited)
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Hazel Hegarty .... wardrobe woman (uncredited)
Robert Magahay .... costumer (uncredited)
John Noble .... wardrobe: man (uncredited)
 
Music Department
Red Nichols .... musician: Danny Kaye's trumpet solos
Leith Stevens .... conductor
Tommy Jones .... coach: cornet (uncredited)
Sam Prager .... vocal coach (uncredited)
Troy Sanders .... music advisor (uncredited)
Jack Sperling .... musician: drums (uncredited)
Van Cleave .... orchestrator (uncredited)
 
Other crew
Earl Barton .... choreographer
Sylvia Fine .... assistant to the producer
Hal C. Kern .... production assistant
Richard Mueller .... technicolor color consultant
George Annan .... craft service (uncredited)
Len Hendry .... dialect coach (uncredited)
Jerome Hill .... secretary to producer (uncredited)
Muriel Jennings .... technical advisor (uncredited)
Grady Johnson .... unit publicist (uncredited)
Bob McElwaine .... publicist (uncredited)
Lizanne Truex .... assistant dance director (uncredited)
Dorothy Yutzi .... script supervisor (uncredited)
 
Thanks
Red Nichols .... suggested by the life of (as Loring 'Red' Nichols)
 
Crew verified as complete

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